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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

539 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 539 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN

  FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST BRYAN COUNTY.

  MUCH OF THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON.

  ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA BY

  545 PM WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. SPOTTER REPORTS 

  OUT OF RICHMOND HILL INDICATE SOME ROADWAYS ARE BECOMING COVERED

  WITH WATER AND SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER IS BECOMING MORE

  WIDESPREAD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  SKIDAWAY ISLAND AND BEAULIEU...

  VERNONBURG AND WINDSOR FOREST...

  ISLE OF HOPE AND SANDFLY...

  THUNDERBOLT AND RIVERSIDE...

  RICHMOND HILL...

  KELLER...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3190 8139 3172 8118 3182 8095 3205 8091

          3204 8117



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